Gifted Leaders Bring the Church to Maturity

Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says,

“Ascending on high he led captivity captive;
he gave gifts to men.”[a]

Now “he ascended,” what is it, except that he also descended[b] to the lower regions of the earth?

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 A quotation from Ps 68:18
  2. Ephesians 4:9 Some secondary manuscripts add “first”